Date & Time:
Apr 16, 1942 at 0324 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8951
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall in the evening of April 15 on an operation to Dortmund. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Deurne, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Lawrence Malcolm Leech, pilot,
P/O Harry Arthur Shortt, pilot,
Sgt Jack Ward, observer,
Sgt Percy Heppenstall, wireless operator,
Sgt Geoffrey Malcolm Charles Turner, wireless operator,
Sgt Vernon Ernest Egan, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Lawrence Malcolm Leech, pilot,
P/O Harry Arthur Shortt, pilot,
Sgt Jack Ward, observer,
Sgt Percy Heppenstall, wireless operator,
Sgt Geoffrey Malcolm Charles Turner, wireless operator,
Sgt Vernon Ernest Egan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
